Walker & Walker (2015) discuss a number of aspects of Project Characteristics what are your thoughts regarding:1.What new ideas can be gained from the NCTP perspective for ideas and practice around Co

Review Ch. 8, 10, and 12 of Organizational Behavior in Connect®.

Scenario:

You have worked at your current employer for five years. Recently your company merged with a much larger Boston Accounting Firm to improve efficiencies, increase revenues, cut costs and adopt best practice in the industry. After the merger, you find yourself on a team of four other individuals that you have never met. Each individual is from a different department: Auditing, Tax, Corporate Governance, Legal and Insurance. The purpose of your team is to downsize your department in terms of employees.

Create a 10-slide restructuring and downsizing plan presentation with speaker notes that can be used in each department.

Answer the following questions in your plan:

  • Why is the change needed?

  • What will change?

  • Who will be affected?

  • How will they be affected?

  • How will potential conflict be managed?

  • How will trust be strengthened or repaired?

  • How will power be shared in the organization after the restructuring/downsizing?

  • What tactics will be used to achieve a successful restructuring/downsizing transition? What tactics will be avoided?

  • What are the benefits of the planned changes?

  • What is the timeframe of implementation?

  • How will changes be communicated to the employees?

Cite a minimum of one outside reference.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. 

Submit your assignment.